CHAPTER XII. 



FROM NEW YORK TO ST. JOHN'S. 



How to Get to Newfoundland Red Cross Line The Silvia 

 and Portia Time Table and Kates of Fare No Duty and 

 Twenty Cubic Feet for Baggage Marching Orders Mis- 

 take No. 1 On Board the Portia Off to the North 

 Halifax Fog off Cape Eace Away to St. John's. 



HILE the preparations detailed in the last 

 chapter were being made, the route and 

 dates were also being arranged. Communi- 

 cation had been established with Messrs. Bowring & 

 Archibald, Produce Exchange Annex, 9 Stone St., 

 New York, who are agents for the Red Cross Line of 

 steamers plying between New York, Halifax, N. S., 

 St. John's and Pilley's Island. These two steamers, 



THE SILVIA AND PORTIA, 



were built especially for this trade, are of high speed, 

 and have all the modern improvements. One of 

 them leaves Robinson's, Congress St., Stores Dock, 

 Brooklyn, fortnightly, sails through Long Island, 

 Vineyard and Nantucket Sounds, thereby insuring; 

 smooth water, except during a storm, for nearly half 



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